Well defined symptoms are of value in the diagnosis of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1162-1165

  Marais, B J ^a,b   Gie, R P ^b   Obihara, C C ^b   Hesseling, A C ^b   Schaaf, H S ^b   Beyers, N ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COUGHING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 27644486557     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.070797     Document Type: Article

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